Background
Sarma, Padman Subramanyam was born on December 3, 1931 in Visagapatnam, India. Son of Padmanabha Sitarama and Rajammal (Subramanyam) Sarma. arrived in the United States, 1955.
Sarma, Padman Subramanyam was born on December 3, 1931 in Visagapatnam, India. Son of Padmanabha Sitarama and Rajammal (Subramanyam) Sarma. arrived in the United States, 1955.
Student, Vivekananda College, Madras, India, 1947-1949; Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Madras U., 1953; Master of Science, Doctor of Philosophy, University of Minnesota, 1959.
Veterinary assistant surgeon, Madras Veterinary College, 1953-1955;
research fellow, University of Minnesota College Veterinary Medicine, 1956-1959;
research and veterinary officer, Pasteur Institute, Coonoor, India, 1959-1961;
assistant lecturer virology, U. Kentucky, Lexington, 1961-1962;
project director, Microbiol. Associations, Bethesda, Maryland., 1964-1968;
chief animal virology section, Viral Carcinogenesis branch National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, 1968-1981;
program director, Viral Carcinogenesis branch National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, 1983-1995;
research associate, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, since 1995. Visiting scientist Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases/National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.,1962-1964.
Laboratory of Viral Diseases, 1981-1983. Instructor medical virology Foundation for Advancement of Education in Sciences, National Institutes of Health, since 1983.
Member Toastmasters (president 1974, Able Toastmaster diploma 1977, Distinguished Toastmaster diploma 1984), National Institutes of Health Evening Speakers Club (founder, pres).
Married Lakshmi Ananthanarayanan, August 30, 1954 (divorced March 1977). Children: Sheila, Chander, Mala, Lila, Cynthia. Married Raji Shekar, May 8, 1980.
Children: Nalina, Navin.